Rail-joint.



H. P. A. KLEINSCHMIDT.

RAIL JOINT.

v APPLIOATION FILED MAY 14, 1913. 1, 1 1 1,594. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

Wfi v N g a d c WITNESSES MENTOR xZJQJ AM HENRY r." A. KLEINSCHMIDT, or JoHNs'row 'P N 'sYnv-ANIA,"AssIeNoR TO THE LORAIN s'rnn coMrANY, PENNSYLVANIA OF JQI-INSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORQPORATION OF Milli-JOINT. j

Specification of Letters'latent. Patented Sept. 22 191% Application filed May 14, 1913. Serial N 0. 767,517.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY F. A K EIN sornrlnr, a citizen of the States, re-

siding at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a spe'cificatio'nl My invention relates to the construction and arrangement of rail joints, and more ends of the rails are mechanically and electhereof is overcome and prevented.-

Another object of my invention is to protrically connected and relative movement vide a rail joint'haviii a welded splice bar which whenapplied or'use is adapted to form a support for the railheads.

A further object of' the invention is to provide a rail joint of novel construction having improved means whereby the ends of Ia1lS Qf varying sizes are secured together in place and the rail heads adjacent I E the splice bars.

to the joints therebetween are supported by Still further objects of the invention will become apparent as the invention is more fully described in the specification and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

' Referring'to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a longitudinal side elevation showing a rail joint having the splice bars applied for use thereto in connecting the adjacent ends of adj oinin rails inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the rail joint of Fig. 1 showing the rail joint with the splice bar as secured thereto prior.

to bringing the splice bar in position to support the rail head. Fig. 3 is a similar transverse section showing the splice bar as secured in place in forming the rail joint.

In the accompanying drawings,-the numeral 2 designates the web of agirder rail havin an integrally formed head 3 and base, anges 4.

Secured to the web of the rail is a splice bar 5 which is'welded to the rail web to.

fasten the adjoining ends 6 and 7 of two railstogether in forming a joint therebetween. I

The spli'ce bar 5 is provided with a flange 8. on' 1ts upper edge in the middle of its length, thisflange preferably being somewhat shorter than the overall length of the lower portion 9 of the splice bar and a slot orgroove 10 is, provided in the middle of the'length ofthe flange on the splice bar so as to ii -effect provide .two flanges 8 on each splice bar. H

The splice bar shown is formed so that when welded to the rail the flange portions 8' thereof arebent outwardly as shown in F ig. 2, in such'manner as to be clear of the underside of the rail head 3.

. After the welding o eration by which the ends of the rails 6 an 7 are secured to the splice bar 5 the electrical welding apparatus usedin welding the splice bar to the rails isjplaced'in'positionto contact with the portion of the flange 8 engaging with the head of one of the rails,- and electric current is then supplied through the terminals of the welding apparatus to heat the flange 8 of the splice barf When the flange becomes heated so as'to be readil bent, pressureis applied thereto so as to Orcethe flange-8 in tight engagement with theadjac'ent undet surface of the rail head 3 so that the flange of the splice bar serves to form a support for the rail head 3. i

The flange portion 8 contacting with the other rail head'3 is then heated and forced into position in a similar manner so as to tightly engage with'and support the underside of the other rail.

The insertion of such short pieces of rail is of frequent occurrence, ofttirnes being made to repair tracks in which the end of a rail has become broken or otherwise damaged, and in which the damaged end is severed from the rail, and the new piece of rail substituted therefor.

It should be noted that the lowermost edge of the splice bar does not engage with the upper surface of the bottom flange of the rails, so that the weld is utilized to transmit pressure orforces applied in a downward direction through the supported rail head to the web of the rails.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. By means ofmy improved rail joint construction the splice bars are welded to fasten the mits of rails of varying cross section to be rail ends together and are then forced into and held in tight enga ement with the rail head so as to fornia rai support which materially strengthens the rail head.

The transverse slot in the splice bar persecured together and have the rail heads supported by the splice bars against vertical displacement relative to the rail web in this manner reinforcing the rail heads at the joints or Weakest portion thereof and'preventing bendin of the rail head.

Modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts may-be made without departing from my invention as defined in the claims.

I claim 1- 1. In a rail joint, a splice bar fastened to the abutting ends of adjoining rail sections and having a flange engaging the under side of the rail heads, said flange being bent into supporting engagement with the rail heaids after securing the'splice bar to the mm s.

2. In a rail joint, a splice bar fastened to the abutting ends of'adjoining rail sections and having a sectional flange engaging the under side of the rail heads, said flange section being bent into supporting en agement with the rail heads after securing file splice bar to the rails.

3. In a rail the abutting ends'ofad o ning' rail sections and having a flange engaging the underside of the railheads, said flange being bent into supporting engagement with the rail heads I after securing the splice bar to the'rails.

4. In a rail joint, a splice bar welded to the abutting endsof ad oining rail sections and having'asectional flange engaging the under side'of the rail heads, said flange sec- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

joint, a splice bar welded torail sections and having a sectional flange engaging the under side of the rail heads,

said flange section being bent into supporting engagement with the rail heads after weiding the splice bar to the web of the rai s.

7.. In a rail joint, a splice bar fastened to the abutting ends of adjoining rail sections and'having a flange on one edge intermediate of the ends of the bar engagin the under side of the rail heads, said ange being bent into supporting engagement with the rail heads after securing the splice bar to the rails. r

8. In a rail joint, a s lice bar fastened to the abutting ends of adjoining rail sections and havingfa sectional flange on one edge intermediate of the ends of the bar engaging' the under side ofthe rail heads, said flange section being be is into su porting engageme'n't with the'rail headsaaflter securing the splice bar to the rails.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. I

HENRY F. A. KLEINSOHMIDT.

Witnesses:

- WV. MILT. BROWN,

H. W. SMITH.

Commissioner of Patents, 

